Saturday, January 5, 2019

USPS shipping prices will increase on January 27, 2019

The US Postal Service is making a significant change to postal rates in early 2019. Besides the expected rate increases, first class mail is switching to zoned service.
This means that $2.66 will no longer be the smallest package rate to ship to any U.S. destination. Effective January 27, it will cost $3.09 to ship that same little package to zone 8 (coast-to-coast from your location; zones 1 & 2 will remain $2.66 and close zones will cost slightly more than that).

Highlights of the 2019 USPS Postal Increase

Average postal increases are:

Priority Mail 6.2%

Priority Mail Express 3.9%

Priority Mail Express International 3.9%

First Class International 3.9%

First Class Package Service 11.9%.

A further rate hike for bulky packages:

The USPS is extending dimensional weight to Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express for packages over 1 cu ft, with the DIM weight divisor becoming 166

USPS letter rates will increase to 55 cents

And, of course, first-class packages rates are switching to zoned-base pricing in 2019. (A first-class stamp increases to 55 cents, for the record.)

First Class Mail zone rates

Particularly hard to absorb are the changing of first-class mail to zoned rates... I present them to you here:

Wt (oz)

1 & 2

Zone 3

Zone 4

Zone 5

Zone 6

Zone 7

Zone 8

1

2.66

2.68

2.70

2.76

2.84

2.96

3.09

2

2.66

2.68

2.70

2.76

2.84

2.96

3.09

3

2.66

2.68

2.70

2.76

2.84

2.96

3.09

4

2.66

2.68

2.70

2.76

2.84

2.96

3.09

5

3.18

3.20

3.22

3.28

3.36

3.49

3.63

6

3.18

3.20

3.22

3.28

3.36

3.49

3.63

7

3.18

3.20

3.22

3.28

3.36

3.49

3.63

8

3.18

3.20

3.22

3.28

3.36

3.49

3.63

9

3.82

3.85

3.88

3.96

4.06

4.19

4.33

10

3.82

3.85

3.88

3.96

4.06

4.19

4.33

11

3.82

3.85

3.88

3.96

4.06

4.19

4.33

12

3.82

3.85

3.88

3.96

4.06

4.19

4.33

13

4.94

4.98

5.02

5.12

5.24

5.38

5.53

14

4.94

4.98

5.02

5.12

5.24

5.38

5.53

15

4.94

4.98

5.02

5.12

5.24

5.38

5.53

15.999

4.94

4.98

5.02

5.12

5.24

5.38

5.53

They are in price groups: 1-4 oz, 5-8 oz, 9-12 oz and 13-15.999 oz. I have price points in my shop, and it looks like the US Mail does this as well.... for each zone of course... My add-on for "free shipping" will be ranging from $3.50 to $6.00 depending on the estimated packed weight.